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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on November 18, 2013, 04:06:25 PM
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Boeing has converted six F-16 fighter jets that were sitting in mothballs for 15 years. Take a look at this short 3.5 minute video and see this remarkable feat.
Click on the link below:
http://video.boeing.com/services/player/bcpid1173939806001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAAukPAlqE~%2coAVq1qtdRjwBrIkHYj2MSytJiEK9s5fy&bclid=0&bctid=2684464741001 (http://video.boeing.com/services/player/bcpid1173939806001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAAukPAlqE~%2coAVq1qtdRjwBrIkHYj2MSytJiEK9s5fy&bclid=0&bctid=2684464741001)
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That's awesome...
It's the way wars will be waged. Everyone sitting in their offices fighting a war half a world away.
(seemed all those hours I put into Xbox Battlefield 3 will finally pay off)
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It makes excellent sense in that it can carry more fuel (the pilot's weight, at least- not a huge amount at the rate they burn it) and pull as much Gs as the plane can stand- far more than a human can. It can fly more accurately than a human can, as demonstrated in the landing.